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Shiretoko search finds bones, belongings

SHARI, Hokkaido -- Police found what appeared to be several human bones Thursday on the western tip of Hokkaido's Shiretoko Peninsula during an intensive search for people still missing after the sinking of the Kazu I sightseeing boat in April, the Hokkaido prefectural police said.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Aug 19, 2022

Barge carrying Kazu I arrives at Abashiri Port

A sightseeing boat that sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula last month with 26 people aboard arrived at Abashiri Port in Hokkaido on Friday afternoon on a salvage barge, which had lifted the boat onto its deck in the early hours of the morning.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · May 27, 2022

Sunken Kazu I tour boat had nonregulation radio

The company that operated the Kazu I sightseeing boat that sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido with 26 people aboard was using a ham radio -- instead of a professional radio as called for by its own safety manual -- to communicate with the ship, and the operator had…

The Japan News/Yomiuri · May 10, 2022